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GQ Drew Stands By His Story That Gore’s House Was Lit During Earth Hour

By Kleinheider Posted on March 30, 2009 at 10:44 am

From the President of the Tennessee Center of Policy Research in response to Al Gore’s spokeswoman’s assertion that the Gore’s did observe Earth Hour to the letter:

I have time-stamped pictures of the floodlights illuminating Al Gore’s driveway entrance and several trees between 8:40-9:00pm during “Earth Hour,” which is certainly an inconvenient truth for Mr. Gore.

As I said to my friends on my Facebook page (how amusing is it that a Note on my Facebook page is making national news?), the floodlights that usually light up the outside of Mr. Gore’s mansion were dark and most of his inside lights appeared off. But many of his windows were lit with a blue-ish glow that is usually the result of a TV screen or computer monitor.

I understand that when you consume nearly 20 times more electricity than the average American, you can spend all day turning off your lights and still miss a few. I’m sure this was the case for Mr. Gore.

Since this was a Note of my Facebook page and not an official press release, I encourage Mr. Gore to take up any complaints or disputes on the Wall of my Facebook page where it can be appropriately discussed.

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54 Responses to “GQ Drew Stands By His Story That Gore’s House Was Lit During Earth Hour”

  1. Mary Mancini writes
    March 30th, 2009 11:15 am

    Nothing says “Keep out, crazy stalker-man!” like an illuminated driveway entrance.

    Heard Drew yucking it up on the radio this morning and was wondering if Michael DelGiorno’s blasphemy made him at all uncomfortable.

  2. Al Gore Leaves The Light On For Ya : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
    March 30th, 2009 11:36 am

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  3. W. T. Chandler writes
    March 30th, 2009 12:00 pm

    I guess Al and Phil will be ‘livin the dream’ there at their homes in Belle Meade; them and only the best freinds money can buy. I mention Mr Gore on my web-site and I offer it to you now.
    TC

  4. OSweet writes
    March 30th, 2009 12:31 pm

    Why does Gore need to live in a mansion anyway? What’s wrong with an apartment in the city?
    (I mean, if we’re really facing an apocalyptic crisis and all).

  5. Mary Mancini writes
    March 30th, 2009 12:55 pm

    “Why does Gore need to live in a mansion anyway?”

    You people either want Americans to live up to their full economic super-awesome-be-all-that-you-can-buy Capitalistic potential or you don’t. You can’t have it both ways. We’re at war. Pick a side.

  6. Mikee writes
    March 30th, 2009 1:41 pm

    I will pick the side that AlGore is not on, and know that I have chosen well.

  7. Tom Paine writes
    March 30th, 2009 1:53 pm

    GQ Drew has been livin’ large on that single story he planted about Gore’s house consuming 20 times more electricity than the average U.S. household. No one in the media has ever bothered to dig a little deeper into the story and found out it has waaaaay more holes in it than a block of Swiss cheese.

    The reference GQ Drew used compared Gore’s single family residence in Belle Meade to every other residentially-owned building in the U.S. That includes houses, apartments, trailers, outbuildings, etc. Those inclined to cut Drew some slack might call him disingenuous. Others might call him an outright liar.

    Gore never pledged to live life “off the grid”. He’s not anti-electricity, he’s critical of how we generate our energy as a nation.

    Besides that, Drew has a rather bizarre history of trespassing on the property of, and peeking in the windows of people he’s trying to target. Creepy.

  8. ster writes
    March 30th, 2009 2:14 pm

    “Why does Gore need to live in a mansion anyway?”

    Because he and his family are more important than yours. He will tell YOUR family how to live to ’save’ the Earth, so he deserves to live better and use more. He’s better than you!

  9. Epphan writes
    March 30th, 2009 2:16 pm

    I’ll believe it’s a crisis when people who say it’s a crisis act like it’s a crisis.

  10. ster writes
    March 30th, 2009 2:16 pm

    “He’s not anti-electricity, he’s critical of how we generate our energy as a nation.”

    And he uses that energy, fired by carbon, and uses MANY times more than an average American family. And yet, has the gall to lecture us. That is the height of hypocracy. Period. He is a multi-millionair. He can get off the grid if he wants. He doesn’t want to.

    Wasn’t he VP for 8 years? What did he do abut it then? Nothing.

  11. john writes
    March 30th, 2009 2:54 pm

    Funny how the Bush Ranch here in texas generates enough solar power that he’s selling it back to the grid…

  12. JB writes
    March 30th, 2009 3:24 pm

    Al Gore is a lying liar who lies.

    That complete and utter loser should shut his big fat hypocritical mouth.

    Al Gore get off my planet.

  13. Reed writes
    March 30th, 2009 5:05 pm

    I read on WorldNetDaily.com (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93315) that the World Wildlife Fund estimated that 1 billion people across the planet took part in “Earth Hour,” and they said it was “the world’s first-ever global vote about the future of our planet.”

    Let’s see how the votes stacked up:

    Number of ignorant people who believe Al Gore and the man-made climate change B.S. - 1 billion

    Number of rational, intelligent individuals on the planet - 5.77 billion

    Not falling for the propaganda - priceless

  14. unconvinced writes
    March 30th, 2009 5:29 pm

    Are those all the ‘photos?

  15. Al Gore’s spokesman’s lame explanation for his Earth Hour hypocrisy: “They aren’t perfect, no family is, but they do their best…” | GORE LIED writes
    March 30th, 2009 6:39 pm

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  16. Jeff writes
    March 30th, 2009 6:57 pm

    #
    ster writes
    March 30th, 2009 2:16 pm

    And he uses that energy, fired by carbon, and uses MANY times more than an average American family. And yet, has the gall to lecture us. That is the height of hypocracy. Period. He is a multi-millionair. He can get off the grid if he wants. He doesn’t want to.

    This person named “ster” needs to get his facts correct. After Gore bought the house he started installing solar panels and he buys (at a much higher rate) electricity that is produced from renewable sources (solar, wind).

  17. Zach writes
    March 30th, 2009 8:41 pm

    “Are those all the ‘photos?”

    I would assume so since two of them are of the exact same thing… wouldn’t do that if you had photos of three different things, would you?

    I didn’t participate in this and think it’s a bit of a joke given how far it falls short of letting people know exactly what sacrifice we’ll eventually make to cut CO2 emissions, but I don’t think it was a requirement to sit in the pitch darkness (or read by candlelight, I guess?).

  18. John Galt writes
    March 30th, 2009 8:59 pm

    of course Gore left the lights on - this stupidity is for YOU, not for him. He actually DID observe earth hour later on - he was observing it at Hawaiian time in honor of Obama’s supposed birth state, so it was really at 2:30am Nashville time when he turned out all his lights - except his nightlight, of course… wittle awwie needums his nitey litey… awww…

  19. Wondertrev writes
    March 30th, 2009 10:27 pm

    I celebrated Earth Hour at my ski condo in Maine by opening all the windows and cracking all the heaters. I assume a couple of bong hits added to my carbon footprint.

  20. Uncensored Magazine | Did Al Gore Leave Lights on For Earth Hour? writes
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  21. Rodeo writes
    March 31st, 2009 3:07 am

    Those are solar battery-operated outdoor lights, nitwit. I have them myself. The idea is that emergency services can still find your house even in a power outage.

    And no, I’m pretty sure that the Earth Hour observance didn’t require homeowners to go out and remove the batteries.

  22. Rodeo writes
    March 31st, 2009 3:22 am

    #
    john writes
    March 30th, 2009 2:54 pm

    Funny how the Bush Ranch here in texas generates enough solar power that he’s selling it back to the grid…
    ————————————

    Yeah, and how’s the Dallas McMansion working out? Get right back to us with those stats.

  23. Al Gore, Earth Hour and Nashville « The Earth Is Not a Trash Can writes
    March 31st, 2009 7:01 am

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  24. Mommy, why did PETA kill Rover? « Smash Mouth Politics writes
    March 31st, 2009 8:02 am

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  25. Sound of Reason writes
    March 31st, 2009 8:17 am

    It is common knowledge that anyone that peeks in other people’s windows is at least a pervert and at worst a criminal.
    Who is Kleinheider anway? Love that journalistic integrety.

  26. Cold in Fargo writes
    March 31st, 2009 8:32 am

    How come the sun has enough power to meet our needs as a renewable energy resource but not enough power to cause global warming?

  27. CM writes
    March 31st, 2009 8:59 am

    “Rodeo writes
    March 31st, 2009 3:07 am
    Those are solar battery-operated outdoor lights, nitwit.”

    Uh nice try. You can tell from the pictures, not only are they not solar powered, they are too bright to be low voltage lights.

    Hey I understand that it would be easy to miss them, but you really need to be extra careful when you’re championing a cause, because people are going to be watching you.

    I think Earth Hour is a clever idea, but I also think Gore thinks he is above practicing what he preaches, and I also think he is going about things the wrong way.

  28. Southern Beale writes
    March 31st, 2009 10:07 am

    “I read on WorldNetDaily.com ” — LOL LOL LOL

  29. dave writes
    March 31st, 2009 10:22 am

    my lights were on, too

  30. martin writes
    March 31st, 2009 10:41 am

    the only way xxxxxL big al will leave the scene is that if everybody quits talking about him. then and only then has he lost his audience and that is all you are giving him . so quit giving his ego what it wants and he will disappear

  31. C. L. Cox, San Antonio, TX writes
    March 31st, 2009 11:02 am

    Al Gore is such a hypocrite! He’s in it strictly for the money. He’s formed several different corporations to reap (or is that rape)money from gullible ‘greenies’. He’s so concerned that the zinc mine of his property in Tennessee has been polluting the Caney Fork River since the 1940s when it was owned by Armand Hammer (friend of “uncle Joe” Stalin. Wake up, America. Al Gore is the biggest fraud since Barry Hussein!

  32. Tammy Coffman writes
    March 31st, 2009 11:23 am

    The Bible says “judge not, lest ye be judged.”

  33. Earth Hour writes
    March 31st, 2009 1:59 pm

    [...] of Global Warming. He’ll talk the talk, but walking the walk is another story altogether. He didn’t even shut off all of the lights for his mansion during the hallowed Earth Hour. If Al Gore, the high priest of the Church of Global Warming is not concerned enough with his own [...]

  34. Bright & Early: Happy Birthday, Al Gore Edition | Nashvillest writes
    March 31st, 2009 3:11 pm

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  35. Rodeo writes
    March 31st, 2009 4:17 pm

    CM writes:

    Uh nice try. You can tell from the pictures, not only are they not solar powered, they are too bright to be low voltage lights.
    ———————————–

    Really? Exactly how can you tell from the pictures they’re not solar powered? Be specific.

    And aside from the giggle-worthy notion that you can make a judgment on anything from an online posting of a digital pic by a not-too-reliable source … as to solar light “voltage” vs. “brightness,” I suggest you do some research before displaying your ignorance.

    http://ezinearticles.com/?Solar-Powered-Outdoor-Lights—What-Makes-Them-Such-a-Great-Choice-For-Outdoor-Lighting?&id=1424829

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  37. Enonymous writes
    April 1st, 2009 1:01 pm

    Those links to Facebook only bring up the Facebook main page. So are those links which only existing Friends can use? How are Gore spokesmen supposed to use that to answer you?

  38. Enonymous writes
    April 1st, 2009 1:05 pm

    Al Gore’s spokesman says his electricity use is not relevant because his house is geothermal powered. Gore is creating electricity with geothermal power in a residential area? What technology is he using, and why is he bothering with a handful of solar panels if he gets electricity out of the ground?

  39. Damon writes
    April 1st, 2009 2:23 pm

    I can vouch for the Gores. I drove by their house at 8:45 Saturday and couldn’t help but notice how dark it was over there. I didn’t stop, but I didn’t see any lights on. The house looked like a cave with no lights I could see.
    Damon Byrd

  40. Daniel writes
    April 1st, 2009 5:29 pm

    So let me get this straight. The people that believe the sky is falling and that we can spend our way into prosperity think they are at WAR with the rest of us? Now Mary, you look like an intelligent individual and I am more than certain that you believe we went to war because BUSH LIED right? And I am certain you believe in that passifism is the correct way to behave, right? So why do you believe that we are at war? Do you fight or use diplomacy? Do we believe that Al Gore, the inventer of the internet and most things green, would lie? You better believe it. He has a majority position in Occidental Oil, by the way Teddy Kennedy also has an oil company, Al is selling carbon credits and he has stated that in no uncertain terms that the “Debate is Over” but excuse me, there was never a debate and the majority of the folks that were used to promote “Global Warming” are having to sue the UN to get their names removed from the propoganda.
    Now you can have your war but you cannot have my country without a fight.

  41. Daniel writes
    April 1st, 2009 5:33 pm

    In a Battle of Wits, Mary Mancini and her liberal cohorts are conscientous objectors.

  42. la erog writes
    April 1st, 2009 6:49 pm

    Al Gore is not the same as the rest of us hoi polloi and should not be subject to the same constraints.

  43. Cobra writes
    April 1st, 2009 7:29 pm

    Damn! I totally forgot about the lights out thing! I left all my lights on when I went out to dinner. I guess that’s why the far left Gore Police were at my door when I got home. Boy, where they pissed. I just turned the hose on em and it all settled down within an hour.

  44. Al Gore Didn’t Bother to Turn Off His Mansion’s Lights for Earth Hour | The Blog of Record writes
    April 1st, 2009 8:24 pm

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  45. Rainbow Goldman writes
    April 3rd, 2009 12:46 am

    I went by Gore’s house around 8:35 p.m. and there were all kinds of lights on, as well as an SUV idling in the driveway and smoke coming out one of the chimneys! I myself live in a small apartment, use a canvas bag at the grocery store and take part in a communal garden with some neighbors and friends.

  46. greg writes
    April 3rd, 2009 5:06 am

    Easy to talk the talk, walking the walk is what shows if a man is honest. Living in a 9000 sqft mansion with spotlights on the trees is not a sign that the man is honest.

    One would expect a man trying to save the planet from carbon overload would live in a house that was a little less energy intensive to build and maintain.

    Most Americans would love to live energy independant with solar panels and the such but simply cannot afford it. This man could if he wanted to, and makes millions advocating that all of us should while flying around the world in private jets making speaking engagements.

    By his actions, it is nothing but a con game. Actions speak louder than words.

  47. bob writes
    April 3rd, 2009 2:10 pm

    First - the goal was “necessary” lighting. No one was expected to unplug their refrigerators and sit silently in the dark for an hour. The exercise is for all of us to THINK about what is really necessary for us to use and start reducing what isn’t needed.

    If I owned a 9,000 sqft mansion and Secret Service people were assigned to myself and my family, my security lights would be on too. They didn’t turn off street lights either.

    How many of you out there were online, watching the lights “go off” just to see how different the cities look?

  48. Lazer writes
    April 3rd, 2009 3:36 pm

    Rodeo writes
    March 31st, 2009 3:07 am

    “Those are solar battery-operated outdoor lights, nitwit. I have them myself. The idea is that emergency services can still find your house even in a power outage.”

    bob writes
    April 3rd, 2009 2:10 pm

    “First - the goal was “necessary” lighting. No one was expected to unplug their refrigerators and sit silently in the dark for an hour. The exercise is for all of us to THINK about what is really necessary for us to use and start reducing what isn’t needed.”
    ————————————

    Yeah, safety advocates recommend that your house number be kept highly visible so that emergency personnel can find your home. For that reason, it would be necessary for the Gores to keep the lights illuminating their house number on at all times, even during Earth Hour.

    For Earth Hour, I don’t think you’re supposed to turn off any appliances that you have to leave on. We turned off all our lights,TVs and computers, but we didn’t unplug our fridge. Our food would have gone bad. We also didn’t unplug the clock radios in our bedrooms since we would have had to reset the time(clock radios don’t use that much energy, anyway).

  49. ootpoot writes
    April 4th, 2009 4:57 pm

    During the upcoming “Republican Hour” every Hannitized and Limbaughtomized true conservative is asked to waste as much energy as possible, murder a few Moslem children, spray random assault weapon fire at any nearby college, and perform a traditional Southern Values lynching.

    Now THAT’s how its done in Tennessee!

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  51. Robert writes
    July 6th, 2009 2:52 pm

    I over-celebrate Earth Hour every single day.

    You know, when I turn out all my lights and sleep for 8 hours….

    Does that count?

    Are millions sleeping with their lights on and contributing to this climate crisis?

    These are reasons I thought Earth Hour was a sham. Symbolic yes, actually effective, not that I’ve seen.

  52. Blue writes
    July 9th, 2009 11:27 am

    Silly, Silly republicans.

  53. TNVolunteer writes
    July 9th, 2009 11:56 am

    here are pictures of Gore’s home during earth hour..

    You decide if he “Honored” his sacred time or not.

    http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://robertd.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/gore-pray.jpg&imgrefurl=http://robertd.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/al-gore-huh-what-earth-hour/&usg=__SrN6v0WYiUwg947rGz6bBwAG90g=&h=293&w=310&sz=13&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=yQVPO1CQYSC2jM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=117&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dimages%2BGore%2527s%2Bhome%2Bduring%2Bearth%2Bhour%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

  54. Blue writes
    July 9th, 2009 6:52 pm

    Drew is about as believable as Jeb Bush is on George.

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